Acts 19:24 — King James Version← Study notes
“For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;”
Acts 19:24 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Acts 19:2415 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Acts 19:24
For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver temples of Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen. Acts 19:24. Which made, it says, silver temples of Diana. And how is it possible that temples could be made of silver? Perhaps as small boxes (κιβώρια.) Great was the honor paid to this (Diana) in Ephesus; since, when (Hom. in Eph. Prol.) their temple was burnt it so grieved them, that they forbade even the name of the incendiary ever to be…
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